VESTE A USAGES MULTIPLES

MULTIPURPOSE VEST

Abrégé anglais

A MULTIPURPOSE VEST
Abstract of the disclosure:
A multipurpose vest suitable particularly for
skiers' use, comprising quilted front and back bodices,
the back bodice being provided with an opening for a
pocket for holding therein clothing, such as a waterproofed
jacket, wearable under the vest after withdrawn from the
pocket whenever necessary.

Revendications

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive
property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:-
1. A multipurpose vest comprising a front bodice and a
back bodice, said front bodice being quilted, said front bodice
having a center front opening, a front slide-fastener for
opening and closing said center-front opening, said back
bodice having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper
portion being quilted, said lower portion being formed as a
pocket, said pocket having a lateral opening extending laterally
of the back bodice, a back slide-fastener for opening and
closing said lateral opening, a thin waterproof jacket in
folded form in said pocket and adapted to be stored in said
pocket while the vest is in use and to be readily removed
from said pocket and worn with said vest as desired, said
pocket being made of non-quilted front and rear panels having
their lower edges curved downwardly with the center thereof
being the lowest, thereby rendering the pocket sufficiently
broad to provide at waist level said lateral opening through
which said waterproof jacket would be readily removed and
reinserted into said pocket, said pocket with said waterproof
jacket stored therein expanding the pocket such that the
latter forms an extension of the quilted upper portion of
the rear bodice.
2, A multipurpose vest according to claim 1 wherein
said upper and lower portions of said rear bodice are joined
by a seam which curves upwardly with the center thereof being
the highest, thereby rendering the pocket broader at its
center to facilitate removal and insertion of said waterproof
jacket through said lateral opening.
3. A multipurpose vest according to claim 2 wherein
said pocket with said waterproof jacket stored therein has an

overall thickness substantially equal to the overall thickness
of the quilted upper rear bodice portion.

Description

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This invention relates to a novel multipurpose
vest suitable particularly for skiers' use and more
particularly it relates to a novel multipurpose ski vest
~uch that it may easily be worn by the intending wearer
in different manners depending on its use and weather
conditions to obtain the optimum protection on the body of
the wearer while enjoying its attractive design.
Wearers of a conventional vest have no measures
taken for particularly protecting their body with the vest
from the chill~ rain, snow and the like they may encounter
suddenly or unexpectedly in desolate areas such as remote
fields and mountains.
This invention has for its object to provide
ffuch multipurpose vests as to enable the intending wearers
to protect their body from the chill, rain, snow and the
like trouble even when they encounter these troubles
suddenly or unexpectedly.
The multipurpose vest of the present invention
comprises front and back bodices quilted longitudinally
thereof except the lower portion of the back bodice, the
front bodice being provided with a center-front opening
closable by means of a front slide-fastener, the back
bodice being designed preferably to have its lower edge
curved downward with the center thereof being the lowest
thereby rendering the lower portion of the back bodice
broad sufficiently to provide therein at waist level an
opening for a pocket for holding therein clothing such as
; a thin waterproofed jacket in folded form, and the opening
for the pocket extending laterally of the back bodice and
3 being closable by means of a back slide-fastener. The lower

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edge of the back bodice may not be one so curved downwardly
but may be a straight one if the resulting pocket is not
required to be large-sized.
In one aspect of the present invention there is
provided a multipurpose vest comprising a front kodice and a
back bodice, said front bodice being quilted, said front bodice
having a center front opening, a front slide-fastener for
opening and closing said center-front opening, said back bodice
having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion
being quilted, said lower portion being formed as a pocket, said
pocket having a lateral opening extending laterally of the back
bodice, a back slide-fastener for opening and closing said
lateral opening, a thin waterproof jacket in folded form in
said pocket and adapted to be stored in said pocket while the
vest is in use and to be readily removed from said pocket and
worn with said vest as desired, said pocket being made of non-
quilted front and rear panels having their lower edges curved
downwardly with the center thereof being the lowest, thereby
rendering the pocket sufficiently broad to provide at waist
level said lateral opening through which said waterproof
jacket would be readily removed and reinserted into said
pocXet, said pocket with said waterproof jacket stored therein
expanding the pocket such that the latter forms an extension
of the quilted upper portion of the rear bodice.
The vests of this invention may preferably be made
of Nylon, polyester or cotton fabrics as well as of non-woven
cloth, waterproofed paper, synthetic leather or plastic paper.
The warmth-keeping matexials to be quilted in the vests include
synthetic wool made of polyester, Nylon or acrylic fibers and
further include feathers and sponge~
This invention will be explained in more detail by
reference to the accompanying drawing in which:

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. Fig. 1 is a front view of an example of a vest of
this invention'
Fig. 2 is a back view o~ the vest of Fig, 1 having
a waist pocket at the lower portion of the back bodice,
Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the lower por-
tion of the back bodice of Fig. 2 taken along the line A-A;
and
Fiq. 4 is a view of a combination of the vest of
Fig. 2 and a waterproofed jacket withdrawn from the waist
pocket of the vest.
Referring now to Figs. 1 to 4, the vest 8 of this
invention suitable particularly for skiers' use comprises
front and back bodices 1, 3 quilted longitudinally lthe
quilting being indicated at 5') thereof except the lower
portion 4 of the back bodice 3, the front bodice 1 being
provided with a center-front opening which is closable by
means of a front slide-fastener 2, the back bodice 3 being
designed preferably to have its lower edge 5 curved
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downward with the center 6 thereof being the lowest
thereby rendering the lower portion 4 of the back bodice
3 broad sufficiently to provide therein at waist level
; an opening for a waist pocket 7 for holding a clothe
such as a thin waterproofed jacket 9 in folded form, the
opening for the waist pocket being closable by means of
a back slide-fastener 6' and extending at waist level in
the lateral direction of the bac~ bodice 3.
As mentioned above, according to this invention,
the bacl~ bodice 3 is provided at its lower portion 4 (or
at waist level) with the waist pocket 7 in which the
jacket 9 can be housed, and, further, the front bodice 1
and back bodice 3 are quilted as indicated at S~ in
Figs. 1, 2 and 4. Therefore, when worn on a ski sweater,
the vest 8 comprising the front bodice 1 and the back
bodice 3 with the jacket 9 in the waist pocket 7 will
enable the wearer to feel comfortable and warm due to the
presence of quilting 5'~ without feeling uncom~ortable at
the lower portion 4 since the pocket 7 bulged with the
jacket 9 matches the quilting 5. Further, when encountered
with~snowfall or rainfall, the wearer of the vest 8 can
easily put off the vest 8, take the jacket 9 out of the
waist pocket 7 and put on the jacket 9 over the sweater
; and then the jacket-free vest over the jacket 9 as shown
in Fig. 4,-thereby to protect thoroughly the sweater and
the like and to protect the wearer from the cold and
getting wet. The vest of this invention is also excellently
fashionable with advantages in that it allows the wearer to
enjoy the easy putting-on and taking-off of the vest 8 in
3 different manners as required (as is exemplified above)
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by the use of the front slide-fastener 2 of the front
bodice 1 in a skiing ground or the like.
~s mentioned above, the vest of this invention -
has great advantagés in that it will permit the wearer
thereof to easily re-wear it so that the jacket t~ken out
of the waist pocket is worn under the jacket-free vest in
combination at any time and place whenever encountered
with rainfall or other emergencies, and that it is al90
suitable as a town wear because it is substantially identical
in appearance with usual vests.
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